JAKARTA - Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) Abdul Mu'ti emphasized that his party is ready to comply with the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) regarding the change in norms of the phrase Article 34 paragraph (2) of Law Number 20 of 2003 concerning the National Education System (Sisdiknas).
"The Constitutional Court's decision, first legally is final and binding. So there is no reason for us not to follow the Constitutional Court's decision," said the Minister of Education and Culture, Abdul Mu'ti, as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 3.
His party is currently in the process of following up on the Constitutional Court's decision by coordinating with relevant ministries, including the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) while waiting for directions from President Prabowo Subianto.
"We are starting to hold talks with the relevant Minister of Finance and other ministries, and how will the next step be, of course, we will follow the direction of the President," said the Minister of Education and Culture.
Mu'ti also said that her party had only held a meeting across ministries once and was ready to hold a follow-up meeting to finalize the follow-up to the Constitutional Court's decision on June 12.
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Previously, on Tuesday (27/5) the Constitutional Court decided that the state, in this case the central and regional governments, must make basic education free, which is held in elementary, junior high, and madrasas or equivalent education units, both in public and private schools.
The Constitutional Court stated that the phrase "mandatory to study at the basic level of education without charge" in Article 34 paragraph (2) of Law Number 20 of 2003 concerning the National Education System (Sisdiknas) has caused multiple interpretations and discriminatory treatment, thus contradicting the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.
Based on this consideration, the Constitutional Court in its ruling changed the norms of the phrase Article 34 paragraph (2) of the National Education System Law to:
"The government and local governments guarantee that they are required to study at least at the basic level without collecting fees, both for basic education units organized by the government and basic education units organized by the community".
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